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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print: Book
'I have just returned from reading a chapter of your book to my wife and her daughter. There was not a dry eye at the table, and the reader had to suspend operations, choking upon sobs. They were tears of pride and sympathy. I beg to offer you this family anecdote as a testimony to the success of your reminiscences. Of making books there is said to be no end, and I have made many. But if I could only think once, before I died, that I had given so much and such noble pleasure to a reader, I should be more than rewarded. You have made me proud and glad to be a Scotsman.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson Print: Book
Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 14 November 1807:
'Miss Trimmer [former governess and companion] went out of town yesterday morning and I therefore spent almost the whole day here [at grandmother's London residence]. My grandmother and I had a dinner after our own hearts, a little in style of Cumberland's jew, Egg shells and potatoe skins, but quite enough for people on regimes as strict as ours. We played 5 games at Chess, read above a hundred pages of Forbes' life of Beattie, and 60 of Lord Gardenstone's travelling Memorandums, not a new book but a very entertaining one. Played old songs upon the harpsichord, and before the carriage came to fetch me, were both all but fast asleep upon our chairs.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Georgiana, Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady Harriet Cavendish Print: Book
Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 July 1853:
'Mr Ruskin's beautiful book reached me safely this morning; its arrival was a pleasant
surprise, for I was far from expecting to see it so soon after publication. Of course I have not
yet read it, but a mere glance over the pages suffices to excite anticipation and to give a
foretaste of excellence.
'Acknowledgment is also due for the great pleasure I derived from reading Dr Forbes's
"Memorandum" (sent in the last Cornhill parcel [from Smith and partners, Bronte's
publishers]). Without according with every opinion broached, or accepting as infallible every
inference drawn or every conclusion arrived at, one cannot but like the book and sincerely
respect the author on account of the good sense, good feeling, good nature, and good humour
everywhere obvious in his "Memorandum."'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë Print: Book
'Sat. Cold day ... angry ... Reading Experiences in Fr-Ge War 1870 by Archibald Forbes.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: William Thomas Print: Book
